Edwart W. Stelling

Deputy Stelling died from injuries sustained four days earlier when he was shot with a shotgun. He and another deputy had responded to a disturbance at a local business where a man was waving a shotgun. When Deputy Stelling arrived he was shot in the arm, which had to be amputated. The other deputy was able to return fire and kill the suspect.
Deputy Stelling had been with the agency for two years and was survived by his wife and two children.